Image Comics as quite a lot of comics coming out in August. But fewer launches than usual. However we do get brand new series The Beauty and Dark Corridor, the much delayed return of Phonogram, and two Aphrodite IX spinoffs, including one written by Bleeding Cool’s own Dan Wickline!

As well as Morning Glories hitting 50… and Chip Zdarsky renaming himself Steve Zditko for the month. No Monster yet though….

And possibly bargain of the month in the Witchblade: Redemption, Vol. 1-4 TP Set with over 600 pages of Stjepan Sejic for $20 the lot…

’68: Last Rites #2
story: Mark Kidwell
art: Jeff Zornow & Jay Fotos
cover A: Nat Jones & Jay Fotos
cover B: Jay Fotos
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
New York City, 1970: As salvation falls from the winter sky, Faye Kuen takes Alice Gleason back to Pitt Island, New Jersey for a tale of horror and loss. Heroes will rise and fall in the dark, frozen shadow of the infamous Zodiac killer’s house of pain! The second part of the ’68 universe’s ultimate climax, with a haunting script by MARK KIDWELL and fear-shrouded artwork by JEFF ZORNOW and JAY FOTOS!

Airboy #3
story: James Robinson
art / cover: Greg Hinkle
August 05 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $2.99
The drug, booze and sex fueled actions of JAMES ROBINSON and GREG HINKLE have pushed Airboy to the brink. And, in order to straighten these two degenerates out, he’s taken them to his world: a steampunk arena of Allies vs. Nazis. But will the experience change James and Greg for the better? Will they finally see the light? Or will they corrupt this world too?

Apollo IX #1 (One-Shot)
story: Ashley Robinson
art / cover A: Fernando Argosino
cover B: Stjepan Sejic
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / 15+ / $3.99
FROM THE PAGES OF IXth GENERATION! Apollo IX is a ruthless scientist who uses his beauty in order to get his work done for him. Eros and Psyche are two of his brightest protégés, but will they live to see their contributions to Apollo IX’s latest experiment come to life?

Artemis IX #1 (One-Shot)
story: Dan Wickline
art / cover A: Johnny Desjardins
cover B: Stjepan Sejic
August 05 / 32 pages / Full Color / 15+ / $3.99
Still reeling from Hades IX’s surprise explosion in his city of New Cypress, Artemis IX tries to put things back to normal, only to discover that one of his own cyborgs is out to kill him. It could be only one of them or all of them, leaving him no one to trust. Just because you’re paranoid and the equivalent of a God doesn’t mean they’re not after you.

Astronauts In Trouble #3
story: Larry Young
art / cover: Charlie Adlard
August 05 / 32 pages / B&W / All Ages / $2.99
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. A guy got to the moon like he wanted, and ended up not happy about it.

The Beauty #1
story: Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley
art / cover A: Jeremy Haun
cover B: Jenny Frison
cover C: Kevin Wada
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.50
THE PILOT SEASON WINNER RETURNS! Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is attainable. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Foster and Vaughn will soon discover it comes at a terrible price. Writer/artist JEREMY HAUN (Constantine, Batwoman) and co-writer JASON A. HURLEY offer up a startling reflection on the cost of looking good in this procedural science fiction tale.

Black Science, Vol 3: Vanishing Point TP
story: Rick Remender
art / cover: Matteo Scalera & Moreno Dinisio
August 12 / 128 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $14.99
The Anarchist League of Scientists dive deeper into the Onion than ever before. Now veterans of inter-dimensional travel, the team begins to realize how damaging their actions are on the fabric of reality. No longer content with merely fixing the Pillar and finding a way back home, they vow to uphold a new ideal: leave every dimension they visit better off than how they found it.
Collects BLACK SCIENCE #12-16.

Dark Corridor #1
story / art / cover: Rich Tommaso
August 05 / 24 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
From the author of Clover Honey and 8 ½ Ghosts, RICH TOMMASO, comes an all-new ONGOING SERIES set in the fictional coastal city of RED CIRCLE—a city totally controlled by mobsters—who, after decades of wielding power, are silently being picked off oneby- one by unidentified female assassins. Like a Goodfellas script re imagined by Quentin Tarantino, this sprawling crime-adventure will keep you guessing and tuning in for more month after month!

Deadly Class #16
story: Rick Remender
art / cover: Wes Craig
August 19 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.50
Marcus’s long bloody freshman year at Kings Dominion is coming to an end. And the final exam will cost him either his life…or his soul.
Don’t miss the heart-breaking third arc finale of the dark teen drama.

Dream Police #7
story: J. Michael Straczynski
art / cover: Sid Kotian & Juan Fernandez
August 05 / 32 pages / Full Color / 12+ / $2.99
Together Joe and Kate penetrate parts of the Dreamscape that are considered dangerous and off-limits. There is a bridge between the worlds where they may be able to get some of the information they need. When the other Dream Police find out what they’re doing, the Nightmares are sent to stop them.

Drifter #7
story: Ivan Brandon
art / cover A: Nic Klein
cover B: Tom Muller
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.50
Stranded on the dark side of Ouro, Abram begins to scavenge the wreckage of his ship, determined to find a way back home. But he’s not the only one out here picking over the bones of the past.

The Empty #6
story / art / cover: Jimmie Robinson
August 26 / 32 pages / Full Color / 12+ / $3.99
“THE NEW WORLD ORDER,” Part Six.
The story arc comes to a close on The Empty when Lila and Tanoor meet the architect of their world, but in order to save The Empty they might have to kill their own creator.

The Fuse #13
story: Antony Johnston
art / cover: Justin Greenwood
August 05 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
“PERIHELION,” Part One. 24 hours and a day of chaos for the MCPD! “Perihelion,” the day when the Fuse space station is closest to the Sun, has arrived. All leave is cancelled. All shifts are combined. All hell breaks loose!

Invincible #122
story: Robert Kirkman
art: Ryan Ottley, Cliff Rathburn, & Jean-Francois Beaulieu
cover: Ryan Ottley & Jean-Francois Beaulieu
August 19 / 24 pages / Full Color / 15+ / $2.99
Mark and Eve try to enjoy a little down time as a chain of events is set into motion that will change the way you look at Mark Grayson forever.

Low #9
story: Rick Remender
art / cover: Greg Tocchini
August 26 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.50
As the flame of hope sputters in the cold darkness of the sea, Della Cain roars forth with a vengeance to snuff it out completely. Hope is for the weak. And in this world, only the strong survive.

The Mantle #4
story: Ed Brisson
art / cover: Brian Level
August 05 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
Sometimes, when it seems all is lost and thousands of lives are at stake, you find yourself seeking the advice of a three story tall talking cat.

The Mice Templar V: Night’s End #5
story: Bryan J.L. Glass & Michael Avon Oeming
art: Victor Santos, Michael Avon Oeming, Serena Guerra, Veronica Gandini, & Wil Quintana
cover A: Michael Avon Oeming
cover B: Victor Santos & Chandra Free
August 05 / 32 pages / Full Color / 12+ / $3.99
“LEGACY” The world has changed—yet for good or ill remains to be seen. For those mourning the deepest losses, the cost of transition has come at too steep a price. Faced with wounds that might never heal, the denizens of the Shadow Time must come to terms with the small part they serve in a far larger drama. And Wotan demands one final sacrifice! The grand finale of an 8-year creator-owned vision!

ODY-C #6
story: Matt Fraction
art / cover: Christian Ward
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
What happened to Ene the Conqueror and He of Troiia after they departed for their home at the end of the Great War?

Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta #12
story: Robert Kirkman
art / cover: Paul Azaceta & Elizabeth Breitweiser
August 26 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $2.99
“CLOSE TO HOME”
Our second story arc draws to a close as things spiral even more out of control. Kyle’s attempts to set his life straight seem to just keep pulling him deeper and deeper into darkness.

Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #1
story: Kieron Gillen
art / cover: Jamie McKelvie & Matt Wilson
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
The team behind the New York Times bestselling and Eisner-nominated smash hit THE WICKED + THE DIVINE return to the acclaimed urban fantasy where they first made their names. Nearly a decade ago, Emily Aster sold half her personality for the power to rule a coven of phonomancers. I’m sure nothing could go horribly, monstrously wrong now. In a world where Music is Magic, a song can save or ruin your life. In THE IMMATERIAL GIRL, we discover what a video can do.

Rat Queens #14
story: Kurtis J. Wiebe
art / cover: Stjepan Sejic
August 12 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.99
“DEMONS,” Part Four.
Hannah is reunited with her father for the first time in many years and in a way she never could have expected.

Rumble #6
story: John Arcudi
art / cover A (wraparound): James Harren
cover B: Lee Bermejo
August 26 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.50
RUMBLE #6 is a stand-alone story that is also the first chapter of the next big arc. Featuring a wraparound cover by JAMES HARREN and a variant cover by superstar LEE BERMEJO!

RunLoveKill, Vol. 1 TP
story: Jon Tsuei
art / cover: Eric Canete
August 19 / 96 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $9.99
The Origami, a mysterious military organization, is on the hunt for one of their former assassins, Rain Oshiro. Their grasp over the city of Prygat is tightening and Rain has less than twenty-four hours to get out before she’s trapped forever. Rain must face the decisions of her past while using everything at her disposal to avoid capture or even worse, death. Collects RUNLOVEKILL #1-4.

Southern Bastards #11
story: Jason Aaron
art / cover: Jason Latour
August 26 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $3.50
Deep in the woods of Craw County lives a man who may be even more dangerous than Coach Boss. He hunts with a bow. Handles snakes. Hates football. And has just been given a special mission from God.

Stray Bullets, Vol. 3: Other People TP
story / art / cover: David Lapham
August 19 / 256 pages / B&W / Mature Readers / $19.99
Beth and Virginia have relocated to Los Angeles where things only appear more normal… Take a ringside seat for these brutal tales of twisted emotion that will knock you to the mat and have you seeing stars…
Collects STRAY BULLETS #15-22.

Sunstone, Vol. 3 OGN
story / art / cover: Stjepan Sejic
August 26 / 128 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $14.99
STJEPAN SEJIC continues the critically acclaimed SUNSTONE series with volume three. A classy, sexy, fun, and emotional look at two women and the alternative lifestyle they live. It’s all fun and games until someone falls in love! But the fun and games carry on!

The Tithe, Vol. 1 TP
story: Matt Hawkins
art / cover: Rahsan Ekedal
August 26 / 136 pages / Full Color / 15+ / $14.99
A heist story unlike any before! Mega-churches are being robbed for millions of dollars by a crusader hacker group known as Samaritan who is giving the money to causes they deem more worthy. This modern day “Robin Hood” is being pursued by two FBI agents who actually admire their quarry but want to stop the theft before it escalates. Collects THE TITHE #1-4.

Witchblade: Borne Again, Vol. 3 TP
story: Ron Marz
art: Francesco Manna, Maan House, & Gabriel Rearte
cover: Stjepan Sejic
August 26 / 136 pages / Full Color/ T+ / $14.99
After reliving the death of Darkness host Jackie Estacado, Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini is tempted by an opportunity that lures her away from her duties as an upstate sheriff and back to New York City. But is the offer to work as supernatural enforcer for a powerful sorceress too good to be true? Even if Sara survives, her life will never be the same!
Collects WITCHBLADE #180-184.